Say Hello to (warmer)
Number of students: 2 12
Time: 35 min
Age: first year graders
Resources: none
This warmer will help your students «tune in to the lesson» and revise target vocabulary like toys, furniture, school objects, family members. After greeting your students, suggest saying hello to the objects and people in their rooms. For example, you can ask them: «Say «Hello to the window / door / school bag / bathroom / your nose / granny!» etc.
This activity makes students move around and have fun while looking for the objects you mention. But dont worry! They will always come back to their computers to get your next command because they like it a lot.
Air Writing (ABC game)
Number of students: 1- 12
Time: 35 min
Age: first year graders
Resources: none
This game can be used as a warmer at the beginning of the lesson. Students name the letters that the teacher writes in the air with a finger sitting back to the students.
The game can be played in three different modes.
One-to-one lesson. The student and the teacher write and guess letters in turns.
Small group of 36 students. The first student who names the letter is the winner and has the right to write the next letter.
Larger group of 712 students. Students shout out loud the letters together. In this case the competitive element is lost but the fun is still there!
More about games for teaching phonics and ABC on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-6-pdhqKRI&t=501s